It's a series of original stories that seem fun but scary. Each different director takes a different path in each episode in order to reflect a painful and terrifying reality. This horrific series begins with one of the girls, Ivy, who is always the companion of the dolls. But when a severed toy head appears in a puppet, Safi seems to take a different side.
This show knows that horror doesn't need monsters or viscera to be scary. The scares that stay with us are the tiny mysteries, the things that make a child pull her legs up under her blankets and scare across a room in uncertainty.
In all, I found the first two stories to be a strong start to the series and included elements that will definitely appeal to fans of horror and the previous movies.
At just 20 minutes a pop, both of these stories just about manage to tick the right boxes... On the whole, this first episode falls a little short of schlock and awe, but it's definitely a step in the right direction.
It's best to enter into Creepshow fully understanding exactly what the show is trying to be: a live-action embodiment of an old-school horror comic, just like the film that inspired it.
From the first episode alone, Creepshow looks to be sheer catnip for '80s horror obsessives, hearkening back to a simpler time when horror didn't have to be filtered through the baroque trappings of arthouse cinema to be respected.
Even if the premiere of Creepshow is a little lackluster, fans should still be interested to see where this talented team takes this reboot. I know I still am.
